Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.]
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Title
Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
Names
Rutherford, Griffith (Author)
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1779-03-10
Place: Camp Two Sister's Ferry
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo
Abstract
His apprehensions that his men would disgrace themselves this day have totally vanished; he keeps horsemen constantly patrolling around the camps, but has made no discoveries of the enemy attempting to cross; he sent a party to Matthew's Bluff, there to cross and reconnoitre the ground that Gen. [John] Ashe left; they may be able to collect some arms and accountrements.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 6492
Archives EAD ID: 277610
Archives Components ID: 2666
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e1db290-6a3d-0139-7944-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e1db290-6a3d-0139-7944-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e1db290-6a3d-0139-7944-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Purisburgh [S. C.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e1db290-6a3d-0139-7944-0242ac110002
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